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AN nnw BLR/mlm. PHGTOLITMO. WASHINGTOMD c NITED STATES PATENT Ormea SETI-I H. GAGE, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES NEAL AND CHARLES F. BOLSER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,706, `dated May 26, 1896.

Application filed December 2, 1895. Serial No. 570,796. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: carriage-body, or to the sills thereon, by the Be it known that I, SETH H. GAGE, a citijump-irons G G', which are pivoted at their zen of the United States, residing at Ameslower ends to the floor or sills and at their upbury, in the county of Essex and State of per ends to the under side of the seat. Rig- 5' 5 5 Massachusetts, have invented new and useidly secured to the under side of the rear seat ful Improvements in Carriages, of which the next its opposite ends are the triangular following is a specification. boards or pieces H, whose lower corners or This invention relates to a two-seated carends H' rest in the recesses or notches A', riage; and it consists of the novel construc- Fig. 2, when the rear seat is jumped forward 6o 1o tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter deand the notches A", Fig. l, when the rear seat scribed, whereby the rear seat may be used as is jumped rearward.

a forward-facing seat; or it maybe used as a The tail-gate consists of the two portions K rearward-facing seat, in which case the said and K', hinged together at e, and the portion rear seat is jumped forward, its lazy-back K being hinged at its lower edge to the car- 65 15 folded down, the lazy-back of the front seat riage-body. This portion K has pivoted to its used by the occupant of the rearward-facing edges the supporting-irons L, provided with rear seat, and the tail-gate dropped and used projectionsorlugs L'L",whichextendthrough for a foot-rest; or the rear seat may be placed loops or holders L"', secured to the inner surout of use, the jointed tailgate folding over faces of the rear portions or panels l? of the 7o 2o and serving as a deck. sides of the carriage-body, recesses at broken The nature of the invention is fully delines U, Figs. l and 2, being made in the parts scribed below and illustrated in the accom- H for their accommodation. panying drawings, in which- Vhen the parts are in the position indicated Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section in Fig. l, the occupants of therear seat face 75 25 of my improved carriage-body with the rear forward. The tail-gate is folded upon itself seat facing forward. Fig. 2 is a similar secand held up in the position shown by the lugs tion with the parts so arranged that the occu- L', catching in the loops L'. The portion K' pants of the rear seat face toward the rear. is prevented from dropping by means of the Fig. 3 is a cross vertical section taken on line lug or projection S, which is forced into the 8o 3o Fig. 1. Fig. i is a plan view of a portion recess S', Fig. 4L, in the portion K, and hence of the carriage-body, showing the tail-gate in the two parts are locked together. The seat position to serve as a deck. Fig. 5 is a detail D is swung back until the rear edges of the in horizontal section taken on line y, Fig. l. triangular pieces 1l rest against the tailgate,

Similar letters of reference indicate correwhile lugs g extend from the irons F into re- 85 3 5 spending parts. cesses in the rear seat in front of the jump-V A represents the floor, and B the front seat, irons G', thus locking the seat in position. adapted to be swung forward, together with To use the rear seat as a rearward-facing the front panels C, (whose rear edges are at seat, fold the lazy-back E so that its irons are C',)\by means of ahinge d, or in any other suit- ,in the position shown in Fig. 2, jump the rear 9o 4o able manner. seat forward until the lower ends of the tri- B' is the lazyeback of the front seat. angular pieces Il rest in the notches A', and D is the rear seat. Hinged at d to the updrop the tail-gate until the lugs L" catch in per surface of the rear seat (suitable recesses the loops L'", all as shown in Fig. 2. The or spaces d' being formed in the cushion for occupants use the lazy-back B' of the front 95 45 the purpose) is the lazy-back E, supported by seat.

rods consisting of the portions F, the portions When the rear seat is not to be used, swing F', bent at right angles from the portions F, the part S on the portion K' of the tail-gate and the portions F", which support the lazyout of engagement with the recessed part S' back proper and are hinged at f to the porof the portion K, and swing the parts K K' roo 5o tions F'. up and forward into the position indicated in The seat D is connected with the fioor of the Fig. 4 and in broken lines in Fig. 2, the part 1. In combination with the seat D, the lazyback comprising the irons F F pivoted to the seat and. bent at substantially right angles as shown and the lazy-back yproper Fzpivotedl to the upper ends of the upright portions F, whereby the lazybaok can swing forward and down upon the seat with the portions F F folded against each other and hanging in a substantially Vertical-position, substantially as described.

2. VIneombination with a carriage-body and a rear seat-adapted to move forward and backward therein, Vthe tail-gateeonsisting of the two 'parts K K', the former being hinged v-to the Carriage-body and the upper or outer edges of said parts being hinged together, and suitable supports for holding said tailgate in a lowered position, whereby the portion K may bera'ised into a position against the rear end of 'the carriage-'body and the portion VK laid.horizontally-'over the-rear seat'and serve as a-deekpanel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination ofthe rear seat D, j umpirons G G pivotally1 secured at their opposite ends to the seat and the Carriage-body, the triangular pieces Il secured to the under side of the rear seat and extending down to and resting in recesses in the carriage-body, and the lazy-back irons F provided with lugs g adapted when the lazy-back is raised to drop into openings in the seats in front of the upper ends of the jump-irons G", substantially as described.

4:. The combination ofthe rear jump-seatl), the folding lazy-baol'F F F" adapted to swing down in front of said seat, the tail-gate oonsisting of the twoiportions K Khinged to each other and the former hinged to the carriagen body, said portions being adapted to look togetherwlien they are used as a tail-gate or foot-rest and to be swung apart when they are used as a tail-gate and deck-panel, and supporting-irons, as L, adapted to secure the tail-gate in a lowered or raised position, substantially as set forth.

SETII ll. GAGE. lVitnesses:

JOHN H. HARVEY, lCrnus XV. RowELL. 

